Herbal tea aka liang teh

• Wanda

  26 May 06, 15:23

  Eh...any good home-made herbal tea to recommend?
  
  What types are very "cooling" vs being neutral enough to be consumed daily (eg chrysanthemum tea)?
  
  I like the bottled xia gu chao herbal tea - can one buy the xia gu chao and boil ourselves? How does it look like? Dried or fresh?
• Wanda

  29 May 06, 09:12

  Chinese name: Xia4 Gu1 Cao3
  Common name: Prunella Spike
  Latin name: Spica Prunellae
  
  
  
  
• browniebaobao

  29 May 06, 09:21

  can buy ar..
  
  mum always prepare and then chill in the fridge for us.
• poon cho tang

  29 May 06, 09:27

  de classics:
  
  chrysanthemum
  barley
  water chestnut
  
  
• Wanda

  29 May 06, 09:27

  Originally posted by browniebaobao:

  can buy ar..
  
  mum always prepare and then chill in the fridge for us.

  Yes, the packet in the pic was the one I bought.
  
  Can ask your mum what other herb she adds to it, besides the xia gu cao? If you happen to remember lah.
  
  I'm trying to replicate the taste of a particular brand of bottled herbal tea, but the scientific name of the 2nd herb (printed on the ingredient list) is unknown to me. I was told to add lou han guo, but it totally overwhelmed the taste.
• browniebaobao

  29 May 06, 09:28

  Originally posted by Wanda:

  Yes, the packet in the pic was the one I bought.
  
  Can ask your mum what other herb she adds to it, besides the xia gu cao? If you happen to remember lah.
  
  I'm trying to replicate the taste of a particular brand of bottled herbal tea, but the scientific name of the 2nd herb (printed on the ingredient list) is unknown to me. I was told to add lou han guo, but it totally overwhelmed the taste.

  orh, will ask..
  
  but i love to drink another herbal tea..purple colour de.. taste sweet.
  
  hehe.. anything purple will interest me.
• Wanda

  29 May 06, 09:30

  Originally posted by browniebaobao:

  orh, will ask..
  
  but i love to drink another herbal tea..purple colour de.. taste sweet.
  
  hehe.. anything purple will interest me.

  Could be ang teck hioh - the leaves are purple on one side and dark-pinkish on the other....actually, their shape is more like snake grass like that. Can see them planted on the streets or in some gardens.
• Wanda

  29 May 06, 09:33

  Originally posted by poon cho tang:

  de classics:
  
  chrysanthemum
  barley
  water chestnut
  
  

  Yes, classic sweet drinks.
• photo_seeker

  29 May 06, 10:17

  Originally posted by Wanda:

  Could be ang teck hioh - the leaves are purple on one side and dark-pinkish on the other....actually, their shape is more like snake grass like that. Can see them planted on the streets or in some gardens.

  There's 3 herbal tea that is purple. It can be Purple Bamboo Leaves, Ru Yi Lan or another one that's like grass.
• Wanda

  29 May 06, 11:16

  Originally posted by browniebaobao:

  orh, will ask..
  
  but i love to drink another herbal tea..purple colour de.. taste sweet.
  
  hehe.. anything purple will interest me.

  Then do you like red cabbage and beetroot, both of which are purplish in colour?
• browniebaobao

  29 May 06, 13:10

  Originally posted by Wanda:
  Then do you like red cabbage and beetroot, both of which are [b]purplish in colour? [/b]

  i like 'HanZiO'.
  
  "yam potato"
  
  brinjal also.. duno spelling correct or not.